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When tomatoes start flowering and producing fruit, that's the time they earn their reputation as divas. But not this year!

Once the purple firework display is over, follow these steps to set your alliums up for gorgeous blooms again next year.

Here's what to do when your columbine has finished its fairytale flower display for the year to ensure more blooms next year.

You're probably familiar with using beeswax in candle making, but you can do so much more than that. Here are 33 brilliant ways to use beeswax.

Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a hardy perennial herb native to the Mediterranean. As part of the Apiacaea family, it is closely related to carrot, celery, and parsley. This culinary and medicinal ...

Your Christmas cactus may not be a Christmas cactus at all. Here's how to identify your plant, plus how to care for holiday cacti and get more blooms.

In the realm of sustainable gardening, you’ll quickly find what is old is new again. The techniques of the past, forgotten and rediscovered, are a fount of knowledge and inspiration for the champions ...

I've been growing tomatoes for 30+ years. This is my go-to recipe for making organic tomato fertilizer for delicious and bountiful tomatoes.

Berkeley composting is the fastest and easiest way to produce quality compost. Did I mention it's also the cheapest? No special bin necessary.

No AC? No problem. We've got 25 brilliant ways to beat the heat when air conditioning isn't an option this summer.

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